Opishing River, Northern Ontario

5 years 5 months ago #614681 by PeterD
Make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: E-M5
Lens: LUMIX G VARIO 12-35/F2.8
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter speed: 10 s
Captured: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 1:00am


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5 years 5 months ago #614771 by Joseph Raymonds
Nice! But it does not look natural! 


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5 years 5 months ago #614969 by NewavaMike
I like it too, but was thinking the water looked like thick pudding or motor oil


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5 years 5 months ago #615020 by PeterD
The water looks that way as it was a 10 second exposure and the dark are is from the tree's shadow


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5 years 5 months ago #615806 by Stephen Graham
Yeah! it can improve but nice try! 


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5 years 5 months ago #616043 by Lauren Grant
Interesting. Keep posting! 


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5 years 5 months ago #616077 by garyrhook
It's a long exposure, folks.

This is the challenge of water: how long? Do you want to retain some texture, some shape, or just smooth it out completely?

For me, 10 seconds is not an optimal length, precisely for the reason of the comments above. I think you want 1/4 - 2/3 second to retain texture, or 30 s - 2 m or more to completely remove any variations.

At the very least I would encourage anyone working a scene to try a number of different exposures and spend time in post evaluating the merits and shortcomings of each. There's no other way to learn.

IMO, of course.

Compositionally, the tree here is awkward, and doesn't really lend anything to the scene. I'd rather have the rocks and something in the distance. Again, IMO.

I do like the toning, contrast and detail.


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5 years 5 months ago #616140 by Suni Park
Nice pointers!


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5 years 5 months ago #616961 by NewavaMike
Agree. When you give tips and pointers, you are teaching EVERYONE different ways to think about their shots. Thx Gary. You too NS and effron This place is the best photo community online !!


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5 years 4 months ago #621997 by Sara Miles
:thumbsup:


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5 years 4 months ago #622563 by Bobby Mitchell
Nice tips Gary! 


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